Countries
Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
9
7
33
2
National Language
Austria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
South Africa
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Not Available
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
30
12
26
8
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
5
2
How Many Consonants
25
15
21
11
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
7
6
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
6 weeks
3
Greetings
Hello
bok
Hello
Thank You
hvala
Thank you
How Are You?
kako si
How are you?
Good Night
laku noć
Good Night
Good Evening
dobra večer
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Good Morning
Please
molim
Please
Sorry
Oprostite
Sorry
Bye
Doviđenja
Bye
I Love You
Volim te
I love you
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Excuse Me
Dialects
Dialect 1
Chakavian
American English
Where They Speak
Croatia
United States of America
How Many People Speak
660,000.00
31
225,000,000.00
3
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Croatia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
4,500,000.00
15
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
5
2,500,000.00
14
Total No. Of Dialects
79
33
188
34
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
18
1,200.00 million
1
Speaking Population
89.00 %
1
5.43 %
4
Native Speakers
5.60 million
99+
400.00 million
3
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
36
400.00 million
1
Native Name
hrvatski
English
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Not Available
French Name
croate
anglais
German Name
Kroatisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Croats
Not Available
History
Origin
9th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Standard English
Language Position
23
19
3
3
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
hr
en
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
eng
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
eng
ISO 639 3
hrv
eng
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
croa1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
